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In January 2025, the <N AWARDS 2024> ceremony was held at NAVER's 1784 headquarters to celebrate the technologies and creative ideas that led TEAM NAVER's innovation throughout the past year. The event brought together NAVER's two major awards, the <N INNOVATION AWARD>, the representative award that has recognized NAVER’s technological achievements for the past 16 years, and the <N CREATIVE AWARD>, which honors projects that showcase NAVER's creativity. This meaningful occasion highlighted projects that made significant contributions in each field, complete with warm words of encouragement and celebratory applause.

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Efforts for better possibilities and experiences for all users

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The services and technologies created by NAVER deliver greater value when closely connected to users' daily lives. At the <N AWARDS 2024>, which highlighted innovative technologies and creative ideas that provided users with new possibilities and experiences throughout 2024, CEO Choi Soo-yeon, COO Kim Bom-jun, Tech Platform Division Head Chang Joon-kee, and Creative & Experience Division Head Choi So-hyun, along with other executives and colleagues, attended the event. Participants offered warm applause and congratulations every time a winner was announced.

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Innovative technologies that enhance NAVER's unique competitiveness through new attempts

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During the <N INNOVATION Award>, the award ceremony dedicated to technology, high praise was given to projects that developed innovative technologies through new attempts and approaches, delivering valuable benefits to users. This year, technologies that connected with spaces, such as real estate and hotel services, as well as GAK Sejong data center, stood out by providing users with unique experiences and insights. Additionally, a new category, the "special award for malfunction prevention," was introduced to highlight the achievements and importance of teams who worked to ensure that countless users could reliably use NAVER services 24/7, 365 days a year.

"Real estate services have been one of the oldest services on NAVER. By applying new technologies from NAVER LABS, we were able to present a service that goes beyond the existing framework, offering users a new experience and value through “VR site visits.” We will continue to do our best moving forward."

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<N INNOVATION AWARD> winners,

Ko Kang-jin from NAVER Financial’s Real Estate and Lee Tae-jae from NAVER LABS Spatial AI.

Creative solutions that navigate problems using the user as the compass

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The <N Creative Award> is a newly introduced award ceremony this year to recognize and celebrate creative ideas that have enriched user experience and service value through creative perspectives and execution across various fields, including design, services, marketing, branding, and more. The first winners of this award were projects that persistently observed users' inconveniences and needs, solving problems through unique approaches such as technology and UX improvements, while also achieving business success.

"Thank you to all the colleagues who have been with us in the journey to bring insurance services online over the past year. We will continue to strive so that more users can experience our service, which makes the difficult and complex world of insurance familiar, easy to compare, and manage!"

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<N CREATIVE AWARD> winner, Kim Soo-jin from NAVER Financial’s Financial Studio.

<N AWARDS>, moving forward by sharing the passionate energy of change and innovation

At this year's <N AWARDS 2024>, a total of 11 teams received award trophies along with a total prize money of approximately 300 million KRW. The winners, who took the stage, shared acceptance speeches full of love and pride for their work, gratitude towards their colleagues, and sincerity. It was an inspiring and energizing experience for everyone present at the event.

"NELO, the log search system for large-scale, long-term data, is a very old and representative platform that started in 2008. Since then it has constantly changed through many challenges and much effort, and I’m proud to see that such achievements are being recognized. I deeply appreciate my colleagues and the users who have been with us through this transformation."

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<N INNOVATION AWARD> winner, Koh Jun-yeul from NAVER Log & Metric Platform.

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NAVER will continue to support its members who are constantly challenging themselves by creating meaningful change and innovation so that users can enjoy and use NAVER services more conveniently ●